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RE: The Witness (Circle Jerk) n-Person Prisoner's Dilemma, and the richlist Witness Votes - Some solid numbers for you to digest
So why does @ned not use his giant SP to influence it, if it's so socially acceptable?
I don't know you'd have to ask him. Just because you can doesn't necessarily mean you should.
I don't think I need to ask him, but it would be great to record a skype chat with him to get his answer so the people can see what our fearless leader thinks about this self-voting business. I am pretty sure it will be typical politician weaseling.
So I don't expect an answer, so why ask?
It looks bad, that's why.
What kind of a house were you raised in that pinning medals to yourself for your own self-declared successes is not going to lead to ostracism?
By the way, I estimate you just gave yourself already over $1.20 in our conversation here. How does that feel?
Feels good. I need to put my Steem Power to work to pay myself dividends. Otherwise I could just post on Twitter or Facebook. I use it freely both ways, on myself and on everything I come across that I like.
I prefer to win the support of my peers and especially those just ahead of me, who can put a dollar on my post when it really does something for them. In a Prisoner's Dilemma, I am the one who only rats if I have evidence aside from the crock of shit the interrogator is trying to pass off as the truth, or in other words, I cannot be persuaded to rat... I am the non-defector. That's why I hate this system with self voting.
I am not understanding what you are trying to say with the Prisoner's Dilemma analogy. However upvoting yourself and gaining support from others are not mutually exclusive.
Sure. Let me explain briefly.
A prisoner's dilemma is a situation where there is two options.
The simple 2 party version, there is 3 possible outcomes: